Gender Tools: Social Impact Global Clean Cooking Forum November 11, 2015 Allie Glinski International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Social Impact Measurement Framework for the Clean Cooking Sector
Why Measure Social Impact? Important to understand the range of impacts created by your product/service Understanding these impacts can help implementers improve their programming Data from users can inform implementers: How to improve design How to market products/services How to improve education about product/service use Data from employees/entrepreneurs can inform implementers: How to create more equitable environments How to tailor trainings and mentoring support How to empower employees/entrepreneurs Helpful when reporting impacts to diverse audiences Attract new funders/investors
Why Create a Global Social Impact Measurement System? 1) Clean cooking implementers, researchers, and investors in alignment about how to define the social impact created by the clean cooking sector 2) Clean cooking implementers have clear guidance on how to collect and use social impact data (e.g. indicators & measurement tools). They can use this information to: Monitor progress and improve their business model Promote their work and attract funding Compare themselves to other clean cooking companies 3) Creation of a centralized data capture, management and analysis system 4) The clean cooking sector can aggregate its social impacts at the global level. This information can be used to: Drive more attention and funding to the field Attract new investors and implementers as diverse audiences are aware of the social impact potential of the clean cooking sector
Process for Defining, Measuring and Reporting on Social Impact Map and define relevant social impacts Select key domains of social impact for measurement Draft indicators Select/create measurement methodologies Field test indicators and measurement methodologies Develop a data capture and management system Pilot M&E system Modify and adjust Roll out Current phase
Pathways of Social Impact PATHWAY 1: How involvement in the clean cooking value chain expands livelihoods opportunities for women and men How involvement of women in the clean cooking value chain enhances women s social and economic empowerment PATHWAY 2: How adoption of clean cooking solutions translates into improvements in households social & economic well-being
Social Impact Conceptual Framework: How involvement of women in the clean cooking value chain enhances women s social and economic empowerment Involvement of Women Components of Empowerment Outcomes of Empowerment Ultimate Goal Women investors Women SME owners & executives Women in selection & design of clean cooking products Women in production of clean fuels and/or stoves Women in distribution of clean fuels and/or stoves Women in after-sales service of clean stoves Women as borrowers (supply-side) Employment Income Technical & business skills Business & social networks Agency Knowledge of environmental/ health benefits Expanded access to capital/credit Enhanced voice/ participation Improved selfconfidence & selfefficacy Increased decision-making and control over resources Improved status Financing options targeted to women as consumers Women s enhanced social & economic empowerment Adoption of clean cooking solutions
Social Impact Conceptual Framework: How adoption of clean cooking solutions translates into improvements in households social & economic well-being Primary Outcomes Secondary Outcomes Ultimate Outcomes Shifts in Household Finances Money spent on fuel Money earned using clean cookstove/fuel Increased financial security/income Increased time spent on income- generating activities Adoption of clean cooking solutions Shifts in Time Use Time spent cooking Time spent collecting fuel Increased time spent on informal, non-income generating activities Increased time spent on leisure activities Increased time spent on education/ training (adult/children) Enhanced social and economic well-being Shifts in Workload Length/frequency of fuel collecting trips Health benefits (reduced smoke exposure, lower rates of accidents/burns) Reduced drudgery (time & heaviness of load) Enhanced safety/protection (reduced exposure to potential injury, GBV) Health benefits
Key Domains of Social Impact Enterprise Level Livelihoods Jobs Quality of jobs created Full-time/ part-time Permanent/ temporary Management level Area within the value chain Geographic location Income non-management staff (full-time/ part-time) Income management staff Women-owned Employee/ Entrepreneur Level Social & Economic Empowerment Income Access to financial services Access to credit Business skills Empowerment/leadership skills Mentoring Access to networks Agency Decision-making & control over resources/ assets Voice/ communications skills Status Self-confidence/ self-efficacy
Key Domains of Social Impact Customer Level Household Finances Time Use Household Social & Economic Well-being Fuel expenditure Income through productive use of cookstove Time spent on fuel collection Time spent on cooking Status within the family/community Workload Safety/protection Drudgery
Social Impact Measurement Framework Tool Enterprise Survey Employee/Entrepreneur Survey Timing Annually Baseline: when the person is newly hired/newly engaged with the enterprise Follow-up: after 6 months or 1 year Customer Survey Baseline: soon after purchase of the product/service Follow-up: 6 months or 1 year after purchase of the product/service
Customer Level Survey Modules of the Survey: Personal Information Household Information Fuel Expenditure Fuel Collection Time Use Drudgery Safety Cooking Time Use Drudgery Safety Income earned through productive use of clean cooking product Status Customer Satisfaction
Customer Level Indicators Time use (fuel collection) Average change in number of hours spent on fuel collection annually (disaggregated by sex) Total change in number of hours spent on fuel collection annually Top uses of saved time (if time required is less) (disaggregated by sex) Drudgery (fuel collection) Average change in experienced drudgery (disaggregated by sex) Average change in weight of fuel carried annually Average change in distance traveled for fuel collection annually Percentage of respondents who reported a positive change in level of effort associated with fuel collection (disaggregated by sex)
Fuel Collection
Fuel Collection Drudgery
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